Mining Incidents

EAST HIGHLINE: 32 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James Richert
Brawley, Imperial County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401816

EAST HIGHLINE has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
32
citations
10
significant & substantial
$3,915
proposed penalties
$3,915
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
58
inspections on record
665
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 665 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

EAST HIGHLINE has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-09-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
31.2%
significant & substantial
9.4%
high negligence or reckless
31.2%
reasonably likely or greater
34.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.9% low, 68.8% moderate, 9.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2021-01-06, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-01-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Utility Man
2017-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 Dry Screen Plant Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Gibson's All American Aggregates, Inc. 1950 to 2019
  2. Imperial Valley Aggregates LLC 2019 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 3
2024 4
2023 3
2022 4
2021 3
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

EAST HIGHLINE sits in Imperial County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Imperial County, California · Population 179,319
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$56,393
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 265 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 845 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 840 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,216 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 796 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,157 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 576 4 2 6944.4
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 995 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 967 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,602 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,149 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,381 1 0 724.1
2022 Q1 525 1 1 1904.8
2021 Q4 668 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 536 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 721 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 677 1 1 1477.1
2020 Q2 564 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 616 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 541 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 632 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 952 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 933 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 394 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 464 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 663 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,013 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,020 1 0 980.4
2017 Q3 1,020 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,030 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 865 3 1 3468.2
2016 Q4 1,088 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,347 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,266 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,214 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,136 1 1 880.3
2015 Q3 911 1 0 1097.7
2015 Q2 908 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 889 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 826 1 0 1210.7
2014 Q3 1,015 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,090 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 925 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 917 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 887 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 796 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,730 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 690 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 885 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 938 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 786 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 918 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 866 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,062 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,019 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 865 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 836 1 1 1196.2
2010 Q1 907 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 961 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,130 2 1 1769.9
2009 Q2 1,080 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,037 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,236 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,177 1 0 849.6
2008 Q1 1,187 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,287 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,174 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,027 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,136 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,078 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,177 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,493 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,949 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,858 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,544 6 1 3886.0
2005 Q2 1,399 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,222 2 0 1636.7
2004 Q4 1,300 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,534 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,330 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,230 1 0 813.0
2003 Q4 879 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 822 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,022 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 969 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 968 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 918 1 0 1089.3
2002 Q2 865 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,102 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 823 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,017 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 958 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 672 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 782 3 1 3836.3
2000 Q2 938 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 807 1 0 1239.2

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.